Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on December 24th, 1910 and passed away at the age of 81 on September 5th, 1992.

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Fritz Leiber Stats: The highest rated book by Fritz Leiber on Book Notification is Swords and Deviltry, the 4th novel in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. The second-highest rated book is Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #5).

The most read book by Fritz Leiber on Book Notification is Swords and Deviltry, the 4th novel in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. The second most read book is Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #5).

Below is a complete list of Fritz Leiber books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Fritz Leiber is the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series.

List of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Books in Publication Order (with Robin Wayne Bailey)

List of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Books in Chronological Order

List of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels in Publication Order

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Ill Met in Lankhmar (With: Howard Chaykin)
1990
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The Circle Curse/The Howling Tower (With: Howard Chaykin)
1991
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List of Change War Books in Publication Order

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

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List of Gothic Fantasy Books in Publication Order

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Science Fiction Short Stories (By: David Tallerman, Rachael K. Jones, Sarah Hans, Brian Trent, Adrian Ludens, Keyan Bowes, Beth Cato, Andy Sawyer, Zach Shephard, Alexis A. Hunter, M. Darusha Wehm, Edward Ahern, Patrick Tumblety, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Kate O'Connor, Conor Powers-Smith, Stewart C. Baker, Mike Morgan, Nemma Wollenfang, Jacob M. Lambert, Laura Bulbeck, Rob Hartzell)
2015
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Chilling Horror Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, Thomas Hardy, Ambrose Bierce, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edith Wharton, D.H. Lawrence, Lucy Taylor, William Hope Hodgson, A. Merritt, John Buchan, F. Marion Crawford, Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, Frank Long, Robert W. Chambers, Rebecca J. Allred, Frank Roger, Gwendolyn Kiste, Elise Forier Edie, Michael Paul Gonzalez, D.J. Tyrer, William R.D. Wood, Kristopher Triana, James Lecky, Glen Damien Campbell, Justin Coates, John H. Dromey, Andrew J. Wilson, Bill Kte'pi, Ed Grabianowski, Gillian Whitaker, Nick Wells, Laura Bulbeck, Dale Townshend, Michael Bondies, David A Elsensohn, Eric Esser, John Neruda, Frances Bodlam, Josie Mitchell)
2015
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Chilling Ghost Short Stories (By: Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Nikolai Gogol, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, E. Nesbit, Henry James, W.W. Jacobs, Oscar Wilde, Washington Irving, Edith Wharton, M.R. James, James Dorr, E.F. Benson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Amanda C. Davis, Robert W. Chambers, Kurt Bachard, Raymond Little, Brian Rappatta, Tim Foley, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Michael Penkas, Jonathan Balog, Donna Cuttress, Luke Murphy, Annette Siketa, Philip Brian Hall, Rhiannon Rasmussen, Jeff Parsons, M. Regan, Zach Chapman, Lesa Pascavis Smith, Trevor Boelter, Laura Bulbeck, Dale Townshend, Cathy Smith)
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Crime & Mystery Short Stories (By: Cameron Trost, Marcelle Dube, James Dorr, Jennifer Gifford, Dan Stout, Ruth Nestvold, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, H.L. Fullerton, Tara Campbell, Nathan Hystad)
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Dystopia Utopia Short Stories (By: Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kim Antieau, Voltaire , William Morris, Claude Lalumière, Robert W. Chambers, Samuel Butler, Gerri Leen, Konstantine Paradias, M. Darusha Wehm, Thomas More, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Edward Bellamy, Carolyn Charron, Jeremy Szal, J.M. Templet, Steve Carr, Richard Jefferies, Michelle Kaseler, Andrew J. Wilson, Nidhi Singh, Jeff Parsons, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Megan Dorei, Dave Golder, Kelsey Shannahan, Russ Thorne)
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Murder Mayhem Short Stories (By: James Dorr, Gerri Leen, Liam Hogan, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt)
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Lost Worlds Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
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Heroic Fantasy Short Stories ( By: Various Various)
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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories ( By: Flame Tree Studio)
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Agents & Spies Short Stories (By: Josh Pachter, Martin Edwards, Dan Stout, Tony Pi, Stephen Kotowych, David Downing, Sara Dobie Bauer, Shane Halbach, Colt Leasure, Lauren C. Teffeau, Joseph Cusumano, Jo Miles, Laura Bulbeck, Jonathan MacGregor, S.L. Scott)
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Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories (By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis)
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Alien Invasion Short Stories (By: H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Jonathan Swift, A. Merritt, Voltaire , Claude Lalumière, Rich Larson, Rachael K. Jones, George Allan England, Patrick Parrinder, Austin Hall, William R.D. Wood, John Walters, Bo Balder, Maria Haskins, Garrett P. Serviss, Sunil Patel, Jennifer Rachel Baumer, Laura Pearlman, Robert Potter, Tim Pieraccini, Angus McIntyre, Suo Hefu, George Chesney, Stephen G. Parks, Eric Reitan, S.A. Westerley)
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Norse Myths & Tales (By: Brittany Schorn)
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Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (By: Shannon Connor Winward, Michael Paul Gonzalez)
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Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories (By: George Cotronis, Rich Larson, Rachael K. Jones, Bruce Golden, Holly Lyn Walrath, Monte Lin, Eleanor R. Wood, David Sklar, Nemma Wollenfang, Deborah Davitt, Trixie Nisbet, Luke Dormehl, Roan Clay, Jeff Deck, Christopher Geeson, Rob Hartzell, Nathaniel Hosford, Chloie Piveral, Claire Sorrenson, Sara Uckelman)
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Irish Fairy Tales (By: Arthur Rackham, D.L. Ashliman)
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Haunted House Short Stories (By: Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Elizabeth Gaskell, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Guy de Maupassant, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Ramsey Campbell, Ambrose Bierce, W.W. Jacobs, H.P. Lovecraft, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, M.R. James, Charlotte Eliza Riddell, E.F. Benson, William Hope Hodgson, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, John Everson, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Rhoda Broughton, Bernard Capes, Gwendolyn Kiste, Hugh Walpole, Ralph Adams Cram, Mikal Trimm, Mrs. Oliphant, Zach Shephard, B.M. Croker, Shannon Fay, Morgan Sylvia, Kurt Newton, Tom English, Adele Gardner, Rebecca Buchanan, Rebecca Janicker, H.B. Diaz, Marina Favila, Bill Kte'pi, M. Regan)
2019
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Cosy Crime Short Stories (By: Arthur Conan Doyle, E.E. King, G.K. Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Arnold Bennett, Edgar Wallace, Arthur Morrison, Martin Edwards, Ernest Bramah, Maurice Leblanc, Amanda C. Davis, Stephanie Bedwell-Grime, Emmuska Orczy, Israel Zangwill, Anna Katharine Green, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Flame Tree Studio, Andrew Forrester, Nancy Sweetland, Jeffrey B. Burton, Louise Taylor, Annette Siketa, Philip Brian Hall, Tom Mead, C.B. Channell, Michael Martin Garrett, Trixie Nisbet, Joshua Boyce, Sarah Holly Bryant, Gregory Von Dare, B. David Spicer, Elise Warner, Anton Chekhov)
2019
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American Gothic Short Stories (By: Ramsey Campbell, Lucy A. Snyder, Lina Rather, Sean Logan, Wendy Nikel, Christi Nogle, Lynette Mejía, Madison McSweeney, Russell James, M. Regan, Monika Elbert, Terri Bruce, Maxx Fidalgo, Joshua Hiles, Clayton Kroh, Joe Nazare, Rebecca Ring, Mike Robinson, Valerie B. Williams, Nemma Wollenfang)
2019
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Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria (By: Various Various, Peter Garratt)
2019
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Urban Crime Short Stories (By: Ramsey Campbell, Josh Pachter, Judi Calhoun, David Tallerman, Rich Larson, Meg Elison, Dan Micklethwaite, Thana Niveau, Michael Penncavage, T.J. Berg, Chris Wheatley, Alexandra Renwick, Leo X. Robertson, K.W. Roberts, Rachel Watts, Jennifer Quail, Trixie Nisbet, Christopher P. Semtner, C.L. McDaniel, Salinda Tyson)
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Native American Myths Tales (By: Sam D. Gill)
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Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales (By: Abbie Farwell Brown, Andrew Lang, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Joseph Jacobs, Yei Theodora Ozaki, Douglas Hyde, Thomas Malory, Jeremiah Curtin, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Lewis Spence, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, James Mooney, Charles Godfrey Leland, Florence Holbrook, E.A. Wallis Budge, Richard Wilhelm, F. Hadland Davis, Norman Hinsdale Pitman, Yi Ryuk, Charles Montgomery Skinner, Edmund Leamy, Sophia Morrison, William Elliot Griffis, James Scarth Gale, Elphinstone Dayrell, Alice Werner, M.I. Ogumefu, William Butler Yeats, Diane Purkiss, George W. Bateman, Elsie Finnimore Buckley, Margaret Compton, Jonathan Ceredig Davies, George Douglas, Alice Elizabeth Dracott, George Grey, Francis Hindes Groome, H.A. Guerber, Eleanor Hull, W.F. Kirby, Ignác Kúnos, Minnie Martin, Frederick H. Martens, W.R.S. Ralston, A.G. Seklemian, Chauncy Hugh Stigand, J.R. Walker, E.T.C. Werner, William Drake Westervelt, Lady Wilde, Albert Henry Wratislaw)
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Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: K. Tempest Bradford, Russell Nichols, Wole Talabi, W.E.B. Du Bois, Tara Campbell, Walidah Imarisha, James Beamon, Martin R. Delany, Sandra M. Grayson, Patty Nicole Johnson, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, Temi Oh, Michelle F. Goddard, Tia Ross, Harambee K. Grey-Sun, Sutton E. Griggs, Emmalia Harrington, Edward Johnson, Megan Pindling, Sylvie Soul, Lyle Stiles)
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Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Christine Ruymbeke)
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First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
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Alternate History Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
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Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
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Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories (By: Rayne Hall, Bret Nelson, Wen Wen Yang, Ahmed al-Rawi)
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Lost Atlantis Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science))
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Viking Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir)
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Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales (By: Allison Galbraith)
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African Ghost Short Stories (By: Chinelo Onwualu, Nuzo Onoh, Divine Che Neba)
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Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales (By: Fiona Collins)
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Moon Falling Short Stories (By: Various Various, Ben Moore)
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Afrofuturism Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science), Dr. Sandra M. Grayson)
2025
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Were Wolf Short Stories (By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane)
2025
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Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales (By: Richard Stoneman)
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Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales (By: Various Various)
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Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales (By: Kristijan Petrovic, Ema Lakinska)
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Folklore Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
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Wars in the Stars Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
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Christmas Horror Short Stories (By: Flame Tree Studio)
2026
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List of Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Books in Publication Order

From Tarzan to John Carter, Burroughs' many worlds explored and expanded.

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Red Axe of Pellucidar (By: John Eric Holmes)
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Victory Harben: Fires of Halos (With: Mike Wolfer, Christopher Paul Carey)
2022
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Victory Harben: Tales from the Void (With: Mike Wolfer, Christopher Paul Carey, Ann Tonsor Zeddies, Geary Gravel)
2024
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List of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books in Publication Order

Science Fiction Golden Age anthologies collecting stories by various authors.

List of The Dark Descent Books in Publication Order

Offers horror stories from famous authors, with introductions explaining the genre's evolution.

List of Fritz Leiber Anthologies in Publication Order

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Fritz Leiber: Biography

Fritz Leiber (Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr.) was born on December 24th, 1910. Fritz passed away September 5th, 1992 at 81 years old. Fritz Leiber was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Fritz Leiber was the author of the Fritz Leiber Short Story Collections series which consists of 45 novels. The first collection published was Night's Black Agents, in 1947. The most recently published collection was The Science Fiction Archive #2 which was released in 2018. There are no upcoming collections.

Fritz Leiber: Awards & Accolades

Fritz Leiber has won multiple awards including: The World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 1976 and the Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 1987.

Leiber's books have also won multiple awards, Conjure Wife won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1944. The Big Time won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1958. The Wanderer won the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1965. The Second Book of Fritz Leiber won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1976. Belsen Express won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1976. Our Lady of Darkness won the World Fantasy Award, Novel, in 1978. The Button Molder won the British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story, in 1980.

The following novels by Fritz Leiber were also nominated for these awards:

  • Gather, Darkness!: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1944).
  • Destiny Times Three: Hugo Award, Best Novel (1946).
  • Dark Wings: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1977).
  • Whispers: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • Swords and Ice Magic: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1978).
  • Our Lady of Darkness: British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award) (1978).
  • Heroes and Horrors: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1979).
  • The Button Molder: World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (1980).
  • Horrible Imaginings: World Fantasy Award, Novella (1983).
  • The Knight and Knave of Swords: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1989).
  • The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1991).
  • The Swords of Lankhmar: Seiun Award, Best Translated Long Work (2006).

Related Authors

Fans of Fritz Leiber also enjoy these authors:

  1. J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Series.
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings Series.
  3. Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea Cycle Series.
  4. Frank Herbert, author of the Dune Series.
  5. Orson Scott Card, author of the Ender Saga Series.

Fritz Leiber: F.A.Q

When was Fritz Leiber Born?

Fritz Leiber was born on December 24th, 1910.

When did Fritz Leiber die?

Fritz Leiber died on September 5th, 1992 at 81 years old.

Where was Fritz Leiber Born?

Fritz Leiber was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

What awards has Fritz Leiber won?

Fritz Leiber has won the following awards: Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (1976) and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bram Stoker Awards (1987).

What book awards has Fritz Leiber won?

Conjure Wife: Hugo Award Best Novel (1944).
The Big Time: Hugo Award Best Novel (1958).
The Wanderer: Hugo Award Best Novel (1965).
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1976).
Belsen Express: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1976).
Our Lady of Darkness: World Fantasy Award Novel (1978).
The Button Molder: British Fantasy Award Best Short Story (1980).

What was the first book Fritz Leiber wrote?

The first book written by Fritz Leiber was Gather, Darkness!, published in 1943.

What was the most recent book Fritz Leiber wrote?

His most recently released work was Victory Harben: Tales from the Void on November 26th, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Fritz Leiber?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Fritz Leiber book is Swords and Deviltry. Here are his most popular books:
  1. Swords and Deviltry (7.89)
  2. Swords Against Death (7.83)
  3. Swords in the Mist (7.33)
  4. The Wanderer (8.33)
  5. Swords and Ice Magic (7.25)

How many books has Fritz Leiber written?

Fritz Leiber has written 89 books across 10 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 7 books in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series
  • 3 Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels
  • 3 books in the Change War Series
  • 12 Standalone Novels
  • 17 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 44 Short Story Collections
  • 3 books in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe Series

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